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26 science fiction books to read after The Shattering Peace, by John Scalzi, the closest match first.

  1. The End Of All Things

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    1. The End Of All Things

    by John Scalzi

    • Same series
    • Same author

    Humans expanded into space... only to find a universe populated with multiple alien species bent on their destruction. Thus was the Colonial Union formed, to help protect us from a...

  2. Old Man's War

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    2. Old Man's War

    by John Scalzi

    • Same series
    • Same author

    Geriatrics are transferred into healthier bodies and enhanced soldier bodies.

    John Scalzi is one of the shining lights of today’s science fiction landscape. His first novel, Old Man’s War, was an incredible introduction, bringing Scalzi to international attention, as well...

  3. The Ghost Brigades

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    3. The Ghost Brigades

    by John Scalzi

    • Same series
    • Same author

    From the back cover: The Ghost Brigades are the Special Forces of the Colonial Defense Forces, elite troops created from the DNA of the dead and turned into the perfect...

  4. Old Man’s War Series

    4. Old Man’s War Series

    by John Scalzi

    • Same series
    • Same author

    Got popularity? I don't know if you can find a more popular science fiction writer right now. He's socially astute, spot on with his commentary and is nearly too cool...

  5. Zoe S Tale

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    5. Zoe S Tale

    by John Scalzi

    • Same series
    • Same author

    Zoe's Tale is the fourth novel in Scalzi's Old Man's War series, and although, it's not specifically marketed to young adults, it's the perfect introduction to the genre for young...

  6. The Human Division

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    6. The Human Division

    by John Scalzi

    • Same series
    • Same author

    B Team leader Lieutenant Harry Wilson counters hostile alien forces, angry humans and unpredictable elements from the universe in order to protect the interests of the Colonial Union.

  7. When the Moon Hits Your Eye

    7. When the Moon Hits Your Eye

    by John Scalzi

    • Same author
    • On the same lists

    One day the Moon turns into a ball of cheese, and every piece of moon rock on Earth with it. John Scalzi follows an ensemble through a single lunar cycle,...

  8. The Everlasting

    8. The Everlasting

    by Harrow, Alix E.

    • On the same lists
    Hugo winner 2026

    Sir Una Everlasting was Dominion’s greatest hero: the orphaned girl who became a knight, who died for queen and country. Her legend lives on in songs and stories, in children’s...

  9. Death of the Author

    9. Death of the Author

    by Okorafor, Nnedi

    • On the same lists

    Zelu, a paraplegic Nigerian American writer, has just lost her teaching job and her novel is going nowhere, until she starts a book about robots in a post-human Nigeria. Rusted...

  10. The Dream Hotel

    10. The Dream Hotel

    by Laila Lalami

    • On the same lists

    A woman is detained at the airport because an algorithm reading her dreams decides she might harm her husband, a near-future novel of surveillance.

    Sara Hussein is detained at Los Angeles airport when an algorithm reading her dream data decides she might harm her husband. She is held for observation in a converted school,...

  11. Luminous

    11. Luminous

    by Silvia Park

    • On the same lists

    In a reunified Korea, robots serve as servants, surrogates, children and lovers, but they are second-class citizens. Two estranged siblings, a detective in the Robot Crimes Unit and a gifted...

  12. Shroud

    12. Shroud

    by Tchaikovsky, Adrian

    • On the same lists

    They looked into the darkness and the darkness looked back . . . New planets are fair game to asset strippers and interplanetary opportunists – and a commercial mission to...

  13. When We Were Real (cover not available)

    13. When We Were Real

    by Daryl Gregory

    • On the same lists

    Seven years after an announcement revealed that the world is a simulation, impossible places have started to appear across North America: a frozen tornado, a tunnel outside time, a canyon...

  14. When There Are Wolves Again

    14. When There Are Wolves Again

    by E. J. Swift

    • On the same lists

    Across about fifty years, two women dream of a Britain with wolves again. Lucy becomes an activist fighting to restore the country's lost habitats, while Hester, a filmmaker, studies the...

  15. There Is No Antimemetics Division

    15. There Is No Antimemetics Division

    by qntm

    • On the same lists

    (from back cover)An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, discourages or prevents people from spreading it.Antimemes are real. Think of any piece...

  16. The Salt Oracle

    16. The Salt Oracle

    by Lorraine Wilson

    • On the same lists

    Auli studies the Oracle, a strange girl who channels dangerous ghosts, aboard the Bellwether, a floating college sheltered from the war on the mainland. When her mentor dies and she...

  17. The Compound

    17. The Compound

    by Aisling Rawle

    • On the same lists

    Lily—a bored, beautiful twenty-something—wakes up on a remote desert compound, alongside nineteen other contestants competing on a massively popular reality show. To win, she must outlast her housemates to stay...

  18. The Poppy Fields

    18. The Poppy Fields

    by Nikki Erlick

    • On the same lists

    Welcome to the Poppy Fields, where there’s hope for even the most battered hearts to heal.Here, in a remote stretch of the California desert, lies an experimental and controversial treatment...

  19. Of Monsters and Mainframes

    19. Of Monsters and Mainframes

    by Barbara Truelove

    • On the same lists

    Spaceships aren't programmed to seek revenge--but for Dracula, Demeter will make an exception.Demeter just wants to do her job: shuttling humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri. Unfortunately, her passengers keep...

  20. Automatic Noodle

    20. Automatic Noodle

    by Annalee Newitz

    • On the same lists

    "From sci-fi visionary and acclaimed author Annalee Newitz comes Automatic Noodle, a cozy near-future novella about a crew of abandoned food service bots opening their very own restaurant.While San Francisco...

  21. I Think We've Been Here Before

    21. I Think We've Been Here Before

    by Suzy Krause

    • On the same lists

    The Jorgensens, a Saskatchewan farm family, learn that Marlen is terminally ill and that a cosmic blast will end life on Earth within months. Their daughter Nora is far away...

  22. These Memories Do Not Belong to Us

    22. These Memories Do Not Belong to Us

    by Yiming Ma

    • On the same lists

    "For fans of Cloud Atlas and The Power, a hauntingly beautiful and profoundly prescient debut set in a future where China is the sole global superpower and citizens can record...

  23. Hammajang Luck

    23. Hammajang Luck

    by Makana Yamamoto

    • On the same lists

    Edie is done with crime. Eight years behind bars changes a person—costs them too much time with too many of the people who need them most.And it’s all Angel’s fault....

  24. Saltcrop

    24. Saltcrop

    by Yume Kitasei

    • On the same lists

    In a climate-damaged future of drowned coasts and pirate-held seas, sisters Skipper and Carmen cross the water to find Nora, the eldest, who left home a decade earlier to look...

  25. Dissolution

    25. Dissolution

    by Nicholas Binge

    • On the same lists

    Maggie Webb has spent years caring for her husband Stanley as his memory fades. Then a stranger, Hassan, tells her that Stanley is not simply losing his memories: a force...

  26. Head On

    26. Head On

    by John Scalzi

    • Same author

    Hilketa is a frenetic and violent pastime where players attack each other with swords and hammers. The main goal of the game: obtain your opponent's head and carry it through...

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